Toews did not participate in the Hawks' morning skate and afterward coach Joel Quenneville said the center is out with an upper-body injury that is not related to the wrist injury that forced him to miss a game back on Jan. 24. Quenneville said Toews is "day-to-day" with the injury.

"Johnny is important in a lot of ways, whether it's his leadership or the quality and the quantity of ice time that he's out there for," Quenneville said. "He lead us in a lot of ways. It's up to some other guys to step up and absorb some quality ice (time) and some responsibility and contribute in their ways. Don't try to be Johnny, but be yourself."